Revised Common Lectionary

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Commentary on Hebrews 5:5-10

Presumably, the lectionary intends the church to sit with and contemplate this image of the [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 51:1-12

Psalm 51 is, by any measure, one of the best-known and most often read penitential [...]

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Commentary on Jeremiah 31:31-34

“You’ve got to have heart.” – Coach Jimmy McGinty, The [...]

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Commentary on John 12:20-33

As we near Holy Week, we arrive in Jerusalem with Jesus in the Gospel of [...]

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Commentary on Ephesians 2:1-10

The second chapter of the letter to the Ephesians begins [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22

The appointed psalm comprises two sections of the lengthy song [...]

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Commentary on Numbers 21:4-9

Reality bites.1 The book of Numbers from the Hebrew Bible is not well-represented in the [...]

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Commentary on John 3:14-21

Jesus remains in Jerusalem in John 3:1-21, not leaving until verse 22 when he returns [...]

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Commentary on 1 Corinthians 1:18-25

Given Paul’s letters’ dense theological ideas, preachers often find it [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 19

It was a beautiful September day in Iowa and a group of students had gathered on one [...]